Academic Performance Standards
1. Eligibility requirements to be awarded the Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.) degree:
Students will be eligible for the Bachelor of Commerce degree if they have passed the program courses prescribed by the Edwards School of Business and achieved sufficiently high standing in these courses to meet each of the averages as follows:
- Cumulative Weighted Average of 60% on all courses required for B.Comm. degree completion
- Current year weighted average of 60% on Fall and Winter Term and Spring and Summer Term courses
- Weighted average of 60% in the courses taken to meet the requirements for a major.
2. Yearly requirements:
Students are required to maintain a yearly weighted average of at least 60%. Students who do not fulfill this requirement will be assigned a Faculty Action as follows:
- A first year student will be Required to Discontinue studies in the Edwards School of Business for at least one academic year; re-apply for admission; and if re-admitted at a later date repeat all courses in which a grade less than 60% was obtained. A first year student may attend Spring and Summer Terms ONLY in an attempt to raise their average and clear their faculty action. The student must repeat the course(s) in which a grade of less than 60% was earned and raise the weighted average to 62%. For purposes of the average calculation, the grade(s) obtained at Spring and Summer Terms will be substituted for the original grade(s).
- An upper-year student who has not had a previous faculty action will be assigned a Repeat Year Action, and will be required to repeat or substitute (with permission) all courses in which a grade of less than 60% was obtained in that year. An upper-year student may attend Spring and Summer Terms in an attempt to raise their average and clear their faculty action. The student must repeat or substitute (with permission) the course(s) in which a grade of less than 60% was earned and raise the weighted average to 62%. For purposes of the average calculation, the grade(s) obtained at Spring and Summer Terms will be substituted for the original grade(s). If the 62% average is obtained, the faculty action will be removed and credit restored for those grades less than 60%. If the 62% average is not obtained, courses must be repeated in the next academic year.
- An upper-year student who has had a previous faculty action in any college will be Required to Discontinue studies in the School for at least one year; re-apply for admission; and if re-admitted to the Edwards School of Business they will be required to repeat or substitute (with permission) all courses in which a grade of less than 60% was obtained in that year. Students are rarely re-admitted after a second faculty action. Consult the Undergraduate & Certificate Programs Office for further information.
- If a student with a faculty action attempts to clear the action by repeating courses at Spring and Summer Terms and is not successful in removing the action, those courses taken will be included in the subsequent academic year's average.
- A student who fails 50 percent or more of the courses attempted in any one academic year will be Required to Discontinue.
3. The Edwards School of Business
Regulations on Examinations and Academic Performance should be examined for specific cases such as: eligibility for supplemental examinations; requirements for students taking less than 30 credit units; the effect of courses dropped during the year or taken during Spring and Summer Terms on the calculation of the year's average; requirements for final year students who fail to meet the average requirements, etc.